Back on track at Lochgelly Raceway

There was some exceptional racing throughout the night, with several talking points that will whet the appetite for forthcoming events.

The Ministox kicked off proceedings with an excellent 24 cars in attendance, including East Anglian visitor Alfie Aldous, whilst there was a debut for Warwick McClymont.

Former Ninja Kart star, Bailey Millar drove excellently to take his first win in his Ministox career in the opening race, finishing ahead of Alfie Aldous and Ryan Borthwick.

The second race of the night for the youngsters saw silver roof Aldous race from the back of the grid expertly through to the front to take an excellent race win ahead of HRP Points Champion Mitchell Gold and the ever improving Charlie Hardie.

It was Hardie though that raced through the field most efficiently in the meeting final, taking a fine race win ahead of Borthwick and

Aldous.

The youngsters were given an extra race as a reward for their efforts throughout the night with Aldous finishing ahead of Bailey Millar in second place Borthwick finishing third.

There was plenty of on track action throughout the evening with the ProStocks.

Debutant Callum Elliot did reasonably well, although sustained some damage which saw his racing curtailed somewhat.

Stuart Hall, a newcomer when the season originally kicked off in March, seems to have found his feet in the formula, getting involved in the action, and taking away a first and second place for his efforts as well.

Jason McAlpine and Ross Stewart had a couple of comings together throughout the night, with both giving tit for tat, cumulating in both cars failing to finish two out of the three races.

The meeting final saw Stewart lead in the closing laps before a coming together with McAlpine on the last lap, saw the race stopped and both cars out of the race.

Race wins went the way of National Points Champion Ian Christie, Hall and Graeme Fleming.

The non contact Stock Rod class started off the evening with good numbers, although a combination of engine trouble, damage, and falling foul of the rules, saw a few cars drop out of the running.

The opening race of the night saw Ian Low take charge in the early stages of the race, before coming under pressure from the chasing pack behind, including Ross Graham, Dean McGill, Chris Lattka and Siobhan Martin.

The cars drove bumper to bumper, and side by side for a number of laps as they tried to overcome the 31 machine. A couple of comings together saw Low lose control of his car and collide with Stewart Paterson and Chris Lattka.

This allowed McGill through into the lead of the race, followed by Martin and whilst Lattka recovered, Paterson spun around.

Heat 2 saw Craig Mason make an excellent start to his Stock Rod career – picking up a race win in his first meeting, whilst Paul Wilson, making a return to racing, brought his car home in second place – an excellent finish for the M90 Autosport team!

The meeting final saw McGill take his second victory of the evening, holding on from the challenge from Lattka and Martin not too far behind.

The 1300 Stock Cars saw 20 cars take to the track, and all with everything to race for! Jamie Stewart made his debut after graduating from the Ministox and Junior Production classes, and immediately was on the pace – roaring to a heat and final double which will see him elevated to yellow grade for the next meeting!

It wasn’t all plain sailing for Stewart though, as he was on the receiving end of a big hit from Kyle Hegg in the second heat of the night, resulting in his car being tractored off the raceway!

Andrew Mathieson, returning to the class in the 2020 season, looked on the pace all night as well, managing to go away as the top point scorer on the night, picking up a win and two second places.

Douglas Ford and Fraser Clark both looked quick throughout the night and both will be looking to challenge for the track championship as the season unfolds.